THE EXPERT JURY

We are very proud to present the jurors in this competition. We
met Prof. Moylan and Dr Carson on our world tour 2003/2004 and are
absolutely delighted to have them in the jury this year. They have
been assigned the task to read the entries of the five finalists
and to nominate one each to the first prize. The winning entry of
the reference group's internal vote
will count as the third nominee. Two nominations out of three is
necessary to win the championship. If three different entries are
nominated, a second vote will be cast between the three. The jurors
also have the opportunity to pick their nominee among the other
entries than those nominated by the reference group.

Prof. TOM MOYLANLimerick, Ireland

Tom Moylan is Glucksman Professor of Contemporary Writing
in English and Director of the Ralahine Centre for Utopian
Studies at the University of Limerick in Ireland. He has written
extensively on utopian literature and on the method and practice
involved in the utopian process.

Dr Lyn Carson is a senior lecturer in applied politics at
the University of Sydney. She has written handbooks on consultation
methods and many articles and book chapters on public participation.
She is the author, with Brian Martin, of Random Selection
in Politics.

Dr Carson draws on her earlier experience as a local councillor
to design and conduct consultation processes. She teaches
courses about public participation in decision making and
conducts research into deliberative innovations. She is driven
by the possibility of a world in which citizens can govern
themselves and policy decision-making can be devolved to those
most affected.

She has participated in many examples of active democracy-for
example Australia's first consensus conference, Australia's
first two deliberative polls, citizens' juries, and a combined
citizen's panel and televote. She maintains an optimistic
website: www.activedemocracy.net